Harness hook or snap



(No Model.) I l W. S. F. DILLON.

HARNESS HOOK 0R SNAP. No. 384,512. Patented June 12, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'FFIQEO WILLIAM s. F. DILLON, OF CINCINNATI,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO GEORGE HALL, OF LIMA, OHIO.

HARNESS HOOK OR SNAP.

EEPECIPIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,512. dated June12, 1888.

I Application filed May 26, 1887. Serial No. 239,411. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM 8.13. DILLON, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarness-Hooks or Hitching-Snaps, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates particularly to improve ments in the class of booksknown as sisterhooks, in which the book of one of the engaging parts orbills thereof forms a mousing for that of the other; and it isespecially designed as an improvement on the sister-hook I5 shown anddescribed in a former application for United States Letters Patent filedby me September 11, 1885, Serial No. 176,849, and

allowed October 30, 1885.

My invention consists, in the first part, of a harness-hook orhitching-snap composed of two engaging parts having shouldered shanksadapted to receive the ends of the hook-bills, a recessed loop on one ofsaid engaging parts adapted to receive the bent portion or elbow in theshank of the other, and the inwardlybeveled tips ofsaid hook-billsforming a mouth for readily guiding and receiving a ring or otherconnection.

My invention further consists in the combination, with a harness hook orhitching-snap composed of two engaging parts having shouldered shanksadapted to receive the ends of the hook-bills, and a recessed loop onone of said engaging part-s adapted to receive the bent 5 portion orelbow in the shank of the other, of a supplemental loop made integralwith the loop of one of said engaging parts and having a cross-barprovided with an upright pin or tongue, whereby one end of the hitchingor 40 other strap is securelyheld in place without sewing, after firstpassing through both loops of said engaging parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of aharness or hitching snap embodying my invention in its preferred form,it being shown in place at the end of a strap and engaging a ring; Fig.2, a plan of the same, showing the ring in cross-section; Fig. 3, abottom plan of one of the engaging parts or hooks shown in Fig. 1; Fig.4, a similar view of the other engaging-hook; Fig. 5, a plan of amodified form of my invention; Fig. 6, a longitudinal elevation of thehook shown in Fig. 5, a ring about to be engaged by the same being shownin dotted lines and broken off; and Fig. 7, another modification inplan.

A B represent a pair of hooks, forming the parts or sections whichengage one another in opposite directions to form, when together, asister or mousinghook. Both hooks A and B are provided with loops at andb, by which they are connected with a strap, 0.

1) represents an ordinary ring, which is engaged by the bills 0 d ofsaid hooks. The ends of the bills 0 cl are made slightly tapered andengage shoulders of on the inner faces of the shanks of both the saidhooks, thereby firmly holding the parts against rearward play whileengaging a ring. The inner edges of the tips of both bills 0 and d arebeveled off, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4:, to form a mouth or readyguiding-entrance, E, for the ring.

B is a notch in the loop of hook B, adapted to receive the bent portionor elbow F in the shank of hook A, which slightly pivots therein 7 5when the forward ends or tips of the two hooks are parted on engagementwith a ring.

G represents a supplemental loop made integral with the loop of hook A,(or, in fact, it may be made so with either hook, as is obvi- 8o ous,)and provided with a cross-bar,'g, having a central upright tongue orpin, This loop G serves the purpose of a buckle upon the rear end of thehook, and is adapted to receive the end of the strap 0 without anynecessity of sewing, in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 1, and therebyholds the two bills or hook ends 0 d of the snap flexibly but firmlytogether, so as to obviate any accidental disengagement'with the ring,and at the same time permit an easy engagement therewith, when desired.

In the modified form of hook shown in Figs.

5 and 6 the hook portion or bill of the engaging-section B is omittedand the end h of the 5 shank turned up or made flaring, and also theadjacent face of the bill c of hook A hollowedout or recessed at I toreceive and guide the ring to place within the hook. The shoulder onsection B and the end of the bill of section A are made the same and forthe same purpose, as previously described; but the body of said bill ais made heavier, so as to make due allowance in strength for the absenceof its sister-hook d.

It is obvious that the supplemental loop G could be omitted and thestrap connected with the loops of both sections A and B by sewing orotherwise, as in my said former application, and asister-hook providedboth operative and complete.

In the modification shown in Fig. 7 the pin or tongue 9 depends from thecenter of the cross-bar of loop a, instead of standing upright from thecenter of cross-bar g. It is quite obvious that such a constructioncould be used to connect the strap with the snap and operate with a likeeffect with the construction shown in the former figures.

I claim 1. In a snap-hook, the combination of two parts or sections, Aand B, the outer ends of which together form the hook portion and theopposite end of each of which is provided with a loop, and one of saidsections, A, is provided with abentshank or elbow, F, and the othersection, B, is provided with a notch or recess, B, in the side of itsloop, adapted to receive the bent shank,which slightly pivots therein,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a snap-hook, the combination of two parts or sections, A and B,the outer ends of which together form the hook portion, and the oppositeend of one of the sections is provided with one loop and the same end ofthe other section is provided with a loop and a supplemental loopfornied integral therewith, said supplemental loop being furtherprovided with a cross-bar having a pin, one of said sections, A, isprovided with a bent shank, F, and the other section, B, is providedwith a notch or recess, B, inside of its loop, adapted to receive thebent shank which slightly pivots therein, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony of which invention I have here unto set hand.

XVILLIAM S. F. DILLON.

XVitnesses:

J 01m E. J owns, JoHN ADAM.

